A homemade ham broth, white beans, Pecorino cheese, and black pepper simmer together to make this creamy cacio e pepe ham and white bean soup.

Bean varieties are staggering, and their nomenclature can be confusing. For example, white beans are also called navy beans—a term not related to the colour navy but because the US Navy served ...

Unzip the pod by pulling its stem down the back, splitting the pod open in two halves. Working over a bowl, use your thumb to push the beans out. Once the beans are out of their pods, you have two ...

Cook for a few minutes to warm through the beans. Finish with black pepper and ... Tahini comes in two main types light (AKA white or hulled) and brown. Brown tahini is darker in colour and ...

"Dried favas taste like a cross between a white bean and a chickpea," says Ronna Welsh, the author of The Nimble Cook and the owner and chef instructor at Purple Kale Kitchenworks in Brooklyn ...

Don't be put off by the long cooking time - it's just a few minutes of effort and the rest of the time it takes care of itself. Drain the white beans and put them in a large pan. Cover with water ...

Everything you need to make this humble-but-satisfying meal is probably in your kitchen at this very moment. Two cans of beans (chickpeas and white beans) are simmered with milk, a whole head of ...